You will come away with a solid overview of all aspects of payroll, including the crucial relationships required within an organisation, details of the complete payroll cycle, the payroll implications of company benefits, importance of deadlines, basic tax and NI and the fines for getting this fundamental business function wrong.

Course content

Payroll's essential relationship with other departments

Payroll deadlines

Payroll cycle

Key payroll dates

Legislation and case law

Legislation that impacts payroll

Employment status: employed or self-employed?

National minimum wage

Holiday pay

Lawful, versus unlawful, deductions

PAYE and national insurance

Tax rates, allowances, threshold and codes

Correct treatment of starters, leavers and payments after leaving

Benefits in kind, including childcare vouchers

National insurance

Directors’ NIC

Real time information and the new data requirements

Statutory payments and deductions

SSP, SMP, SAP and SPP

Student loans

Court orders

Workplace pensions and automatic enrolment

Course aims

On completion, delegates should be able to:

Enhance working relations within payroll, HR, IT, finance and other departments, including third parties

Improve services to employees through better, more effective communication;

Understand the day to day obstacles to be overcome when producing a payroll as well as fulfilling corporate and statutory obligations

Promote the image of the payroll department

Book now and receive a 5% discount of your booking by quoting COW2609. For more information about this offer, please email us or phone 0121 712 1013